Author Topic: SOLVED: WTH # 577 - 1962 Impala FWD prototype w air-cooled flat-10 engine (Read 753 times)

sixtee5cuda · « **on:** August 12, 2018, 11:48:42 AM »

One point will be awarded, to the puzzler who fully describes why this 1962 Impala looks so strange

norberthanke · « **Reply #1 on:** August 14, 2018, 12:10:30 PM »

Steam car

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #2 on:** August 14, 2018, 06:50:23 PM »

Not steam powered. The internal combustion engine in this car runs on gasoline.

norberthanke · « **Reply #3 on:** August 15, 2018, 10:15:29 AM »

They (Chevrolet) tried front-wheel drive

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #4 on:** August 15, 2018, 01:30:07 PM »

This is a front wheel drive Impala.

LOCKED for norberthanke. Your point will be earned when you describe what engine it has.

norberthanke · « **Reply #5 on:** August 17, 2018, 03:32:59 PM »

Super Turbo-Thrust V8

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #6 on:** August 17, 2018, 05:59:16 PM »

Still LOCKED for norberthanke

The engine is not a V8.

norberthanke · « **Reply #7 on:** August 19, 2018, 03:36:15 PM »

6-cylinder-engine

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #8 on:** August 20, 2018, 07:33:55 AM »

Not a 6, not a 4

norberthanke · « **Reply #9 on:** August 20, 2018, 02:58:37 PM »

Wankel

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #10 on:** August 20, 2018, 08:27:35 PM »

Not Wankel

norberthanke · « **Reply #11 on:** August 21, 2018, 06:28:01 AM »

Tubine powered

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #12 on:** August 21, 2018, 06:34:10 AM »

Not turbine powered

norberthanke · « **Reply #13 on:** August 21, 2018, 06:46:23 AM »

What leaves is: Steam-powered

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #14 on:** August 21, 2018, 08:31:23 AM »

Not steam powered

smodmog · « **Reply #15 on:** August 22, 2018, 06:57:58 AM »

Still Locked ?

norberthanke · « **Reply #16 on:** August 22, 2018, 07:09:43 PM »

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #17 on:** August 22, 2018, 08:34:24 PM »

Unlocked

smodmog · « **Reply #18 on:** August 23, 2018, 01:24:31 AM »

10 cylinder modular engine

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #19 on:** August 23, 2018, 08:24:25 AM »

And the point goes to smodmog.

Chevrolet was developing an improved generation of air-cooled, horizontally opposed Corvair engines. It would be a modular system, with 4, 6, 8, and even 10-cylinder versions. Test 4- and 6-cylinder engines were built. To make a 10-cylinder engine, a 4 and a 6 were connected.

When I saw an air-cooled 10-cylinder, FWD, 1962 Impala, I knew it had to be a puzzle.

I don't have a reference guide to GM XP-series cars, but I have seen indications this car may have been called XP-790 or XP-787. XP-790 eventually became the Firebird show car, but it had no drivetrain.

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #20 on:** August 23, 2018, 08:28:11 AM »

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Author Topic: SOLVED: WTH # 577 - 1962 Impala FWD prototype w air-cooled flat-10 engine (Read 753 times)